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Club programmeClub newsMembers’ news and imagesDiaryCommercialCompetitions & exhibitionsLearningPublish and be damned
WCC Photonews Worcestershire Camera Club Editor: [email protected]
Header image: Geoff Powell
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On Tuesday 20th we are in for a sportingevening as our guest speaker is HarishChavda MPAGB ARPS. Harish will show usthe progression of his journey using printsfrom his amateur level, and will finish witha panel for the MPAGB. Images will coverathletics, boxing, equestrian, rugby, watersports and more. Harish will offer us tips,hints and advice on equipment and settingsand there will be opportunity for questions.Prints will be on display for a closer look.Lots to learn, whether or not you’re a sportsfan - come along and find out!
use ProShow (a specialist AV program) formore complex work. (See screenshot.)
If you have never tried this, come alongand see how easy it is: you can bring 20-30images on one theme (JPEGs please) and amusic file (no more than three minutes) andtake away your finished sequence at the
end of the evening! If you don't have any
music, Martin will provide some.
Other members please bring your ownfinished sequences, as usual, for the latterpart of the evening.
Henry adds: "I was much encouraged by thegood number of participants last week andhope that the trend will continue at thismeeting - it’s not to be missed!"
AV Group
The AudioVisual Group meets onThursday, 22nd September at 7.30pm at Claines Royal British Legionin Cornmeadow Lane, WorcesterWR3 7RL.All members welcome.£2 including refreshments, £1.50without. (Bar available)
Henry and Martin cordially invite you to amusical evening at AV Group on Thursday!
Adding music makes a huge difference toimages; a film without music would be flatand boring. Filmmakers say that imagesgive the information while music carries theemotion. “Music has a number of effects ... ithas the power to make us feel sad anddepressed, happy and triumphant, and evenlike we're in the moment with the characters;…this emotional roller coaster ride createsindescribably amazing feelings which provesthat sometimes, the best way to describesomething is by not saying anything at all.”
So on Thursday Martin Addison will beillustrating and explaining how to addmusic to your images, from simple slideshows to a few more complex effects.
Most members will already have programsto make slideshows, Lightroom, Elementsand many more, including some availablefor free. Martin will use Lightroom to makea simple slideshow and add music and then
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Flipboard magazineDon’t forget the new ‘magazine’ for thisseason is now on the Flipboard site.
You are also invited to become acontributor - just contact the editor. It’sreally easy to add an article or webpagethat you’ve enjoyed once you’ve gotFlipboard, so why not share your findswith members?
New kit!
The club has purchased a newcalibration device – A Spyder 5 Elite– which may be used for screen aswell as projector calibration. It is anupgrade from the older model thatwe have used for a number of years.
Club members may borrow theequipment for a nominal charge of£5, which goes towards futurereplacement.
Please ask any member of thetechnical team if you wish to use it.
Henry Tomsett
NB If you are new to this, calibration isquite straightforward and well worththe bit of time taken to ensure thatwhat you see projected at the club orchoose to print looks the same as itdoes on your monitor when you areworking on your images.
Club news
I received this email :-
My late father Cyril Kershaw was a keenmember of the club and, in fact, editedand produced the first 'Photonews' backin the 1960s!
We still have a complete set of themagazines sitting in the 'office' plusvarious bits and pieces associated withearly development and printing e.g.enlarger, developing tank. Is thereanyone in the club interested incollecting photographic ephemera? Ifso, please get in touch. I live inSwindon but am a regular visitor toNorthwick and can deliver locally!
Sue Taylor
Archivist John Burrows and I havedecided to accept the kind offer of themagazines, which John will check andensure that any missing from thecollection in the Hive are added.
We will also display some of theremaining magazines at some of ourclub nights.
Please contact me for Sue's details ifyou are interested in the darkroom kit.
John sent through the picture of Cyriltaken in 2007 when he interviewed
him for a special 50th anniversaryversion of the original Photonewsmagazine. I have reproduced thearticle at the end of the newsletter.
Club competitionsTuesday is the deadline for the first PDIcompetition of the season.
Please remember the new size and checkthe technical guidelines.
Everyone is encouraged to enter - so dohave a go!
Martin recommended this websiteand free e-book at Digi Group lastweek. Register to download the free81-page pdf on Lightroom whichMartin went through; well worthdoing for all Lightroom users as itgives her workflow and lots of otherinformation.
Lightroom Queen
Old kit!We have also had another offer ofmiscellaneous darkroom kit from SiânWarran via our Facebook page. If youcan save these from the skip, let meknow ASAP please.
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Members’ news and images
It’s a stretch…
After Jenny’s striking tall waterfall image last week, Paul Mann ARPS CPAGB sends us this superwide shot “Where are the deckchairs?”.
Issue number 56 of 'All About Space' magazine is out now in the shops. It has a 7-page articleon how to take international award-winning astro images by various overall winners ofAstronomy Photographer of the Year. There are interviews with the photographers with anexample of their award-winning image.
You’ll find James Boardman Woodend featured on pages 76 to 77. Congrats to James!Preview here.
In the press
Jenny Mann has been busy again: she says “I spotted this unruly bunch (namely Lee Newton, Pam Turner, Paul Mann, Martin Addisonand Paul Dewdney) last week at Thorneloe Lodge Surgery, hanging the latest WCC exhibition!”
Hanging around
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Nick Court has sent us a fewphotos from his walk aroundthe Steam Rally on Sunday inStoke Prior: some seriousmachines there!
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Diary
24th & 25th September 2016 RPSInternational AV Festival, Cheltenham.Pre-bookings for projection sessions andlunches close today, but ‘walk-up’ visitorsare welcome on the day. On the day,tickets cost £18.00 per day, or £9.00 perhalf-day. Here’s the website for bookingsand more information.
25th Sept Aston Martin Concours Day atCompton Verney
22nd - 26th September Severn ValleyRailway Pacific Power events - see thewebsite for new information on where togo to photograph (or just watch) thesetwo trains. Various fields and other venueswill be available for a small parkingcharge. Thanks to John Burrows for thealert.
24th-28th Sept TPA Creativity exhibition,Reading if you’re out and about. Alex andRuth have images in this. Details here.
Jan 2017 London Art Fair tickets are onsale now. For a very limited time, you canpurchase 241 Day Tickets for just £15 (+booking fees) with code EARLYREWARD.Ends 30 September. Photography focusday on Wednesday 18 January.
Members’ news and images
One of the attractions in Birmingham'sNational Heritage Week was the appearanceof Flying Scotsman at the TyseleyLocomotive Works.
These photographs were taken yesterday(Sunday) later in the afternoon when thecrowds had dispersed, the train thatoccupied the adjacent platform haddeparted on its final short trip of the day, andScotsman bathed in glorious sunlightpresented me with this image.
Seldom is everything quite perfect thoughas they had decided to change theheadboard. The Flying Scotsman board isalso shown.
John Burrows DPAGB BPE2*
Commercial
30%off all at Albelli to 20th SeptemberCode SAVE30ALL
Create prints, calendars or photobooks directfrom your ipad or smartphone with the appfrom Albelli.
Picanova have some goodcanvas offers currently (seepic). Why not sign up for theirnewsletter on the website(you need to scroll to thebottom of page) to haveregular offers sent to yourinbox
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Competitions & exhibitions
British Photography Awards £15 for 10 pictures, half of which goes to charity. Closes June 2017. Various regional and national prizes,ten categories from birdlife or street photography to light painting and night landscapes.
Outdoor Photographer of the Year- several categories
Emerging Talent
Win a Lowepro backpack with your night sky photos. Free, via Photocrowd.
RPS members - remember the membership card competition and the new Christmas image competition(details in latest newsletter).
FIAPAdd 2 new countries to your FIAP collection…Nowruz Salon closes 7 Oct - “the only Photo salon with the patronage of FIAP & PSA in Tajikistan” .
VICTOR POLYNSKY AWARD 2016, the first Photo salon with the patronage of FIAP & PSA in Kyrgyzstan. Closes 17th Oct .
See here for other FIAP Salons coming up in October and have a look at the map of FIAP salons.
If none of this section means anything to you, find out more about FIAP distinctions here!
Hanbury Hall secret garden competition - still time to enter!
RPS/Open University 10-week online course Digital photography: creating and sharing better images
- next run starts 15th October. Several members have undertaken the OU course in the past and found itto be excellent (I still refer back to their useful materials). It is suitable for the beginner and does notassume any knowledge of photographic techniques or digital photo-editing skills. It will also appeal tothose who want to top up their skills. It is a good way to acquire the basic skills for applying for theLicentiate and offers a lively community for critique and support as well as an interesting set ofassignments.
If you’re an aspiring e-bay king or queen you might be interested in this course on Product Photography on 29th September.
7th Oct RPS Portrait workshop. (Amersham)
Martin alerts us to this course of video lectures available free of charge & which is proving very popular…Stanford Professor puts his entire digital photography course online for free. The course assumes no prior knowledge of photography orprogramming experience. The only knowledge assumed is enough facility and comfort with mathematics that you're not afraid to seethe depth-of-field formula in all its glory, and an integral sign here or there won't send you running for the hills. He says: “Some topicswill require concepts from elementary probability and statistics (like mean and variance), but I define these concepts in lecture. I alsomake use of matrix algebra, but only at the level of matrix multiplication. Finally, an exposure to digital signal processing or Fourieranalysis will give you a better intuition for some topics, but it is not required.” Whilst there are assignments, there is no ongoingcommunity set up.
You will find lots of hints, tips, tutorials, How to... articles and lots more in the WCC Flipboard magazine. Follow to get automaticnotifications of new content. This week there’s how to use a light tent for product photography, a beginners’ guide to light painting, a setof 4 articles on printmaking as well as lots of great pictures from all over.
Learning
Ruth BourneLRPS
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Publish and be damnedBy Cyril Kershaw (first published in 2007 to mark 50 years of Photonews)
Arriving in Worcester in 1957 after some
years in Bath, I quickly became friends
with a colleague in the City Engineer’s
Department, Ron Boyce. Ron was a mem-
ber of the Worcestershire Camera Club
and on hearing that I had been the Com-
petition Secretary of the Bath Photograph-
ic Society and was interested in
photography, suggested that I should join
the Camera Club.
Being an innocent, used to walking in
Victoria Park with my wife and young
daughter, meeting Norland Nannies with
their charges and generally enjoying the
cultural life of the Georgian city of Bath,
with its Assembly Rooms, Pump Room and
Photographic SOCIETY, I was ill-prepared
for what was about to befall me in the
West Midlands.
Having applied for membership, I was
somewhat surprised when I attended my
first meeting to be told by the Chairman,
that according to Ron, I had “volunteered”
to be Founder Editor of a proposed new
club magazine to be called Photonews.
Protesting that I had neither journalistic
experience nor ambitions and in any case
wasn’t even a Club member, I was then
told that my application had been accept-
ed, I was thanked and asked for my sub-
scription. It wasn’t until the first edition
had been published that I was appointed
to the club Committee. Was this the start
of Payment by Results or a throwback to
the Press Gang?
At that time the Club had monthly compe-
titions for black and white prints as did the
Bath Society. In contrast, the Club also
had monthly colour slide competitions
whilst the Bath Society had only one an-
nual colour slide competition and this was
against the wishes of many established
members. How forward-looking of
Worcester, I thought. Today, I wonder if I
were still a Club member, whether I’d
think digital photography was forward
looking.
That first edition also taught me that the
word “cartoon” had more than one mean-
ing. A member had volunteered to draw a
cartoon for the magazine. In my inno-
cence, I thought this would be “a comic or
satirical drawing” something like Mickey
Mouse with a camera. I received “a sketch
or design on paper” entitled “Fireside Re-
flections” which depicted an old man with
a pipe sitting in an ingle nook fireplace,
complete with grandfather clock and cat.
Hardly forward-looking but nevertheless it
was published.
In that first edition, we also learned of the
engagement of John Morrall to Sheila, that
the Club had 75 paid-up members and 14
more who were to be voted out if they
didn’t pay their subs, that a letter required
a threepenny stamp (1.25 p. these days)
and that the Womens’ Institute was offer-
ing a ten shilling (50 p.) reproduction fee
for black and white photos to be used in
their Worcestershire calendar.
In these days of word processors and
printers it is difficult to appreciate the
method of producing those early maga-
zines. The copy was typed on to a stencil
of waxed paper, which was then stretched
on the inked drum of the duplicator. This
was rotated by hand and on each rotation
picked up a blank sheet of paper on to
which the type was transferred. This is a
simple description of what was supposed
to happen, but I cannot better describe the
mayhem of printing the magazine than to
quote verbatim from the Editorial of the
July 1959 edition.
“After the articles have been knocked into
shape to fit the pages, the stencils are cut
and the work of duplication begins. The
manufacturers of the duplicator have
made it foolproof, but they reckoned with-
out your Editor and his assistants. The
youngest apprentice in a printer’s shop is
called a printer’s devil. This is a very mild
expression compared with the language
which is bandied about on production
night especially when helpers gleefully
point out mistakes which have passed our
scrutiny. Such phrases as “I’ve found an-
other” and “Is it really spelt with three
T’s?” receive unprintable replies from
your Editor in the general form of a re-
quest to the speaker to shut his cake-hole.
Our most skilled assistants are the handle-
turner and the inker, whose jobs took a
little time to master as the speckled shirts
of some of the members will testify. As-
suming all the sheets have been fed into
the machine correctly, the work of correla-
tion begins. It is at this stage that you get
two page 7’s and no page 9. Copies are
then stapled together and distributed at
the next Club meeting. . . . we then take
our tranquillisers and wait in horror for the
next time.”
In my final Editorial in November 1960, I
bemoaned the fact that in three years only
four members apart from the Committee
had contributed copy. Have things
changed?
As a postscript, on being asked to make
this contribution, I looked up my copy of
Terry Thorogood’s excellent history of the
Worcestershire Camera Club to refresh my
memory, when one of life’s strange coinci-
dences cropped up. I noticed in the list of
guests at the meeting held at The Bell
Hotel on 1st February 1890 there was a W
F Veel. This struck a chord as my wife’s
grandmother was christened Fanny Sarah
Veel and William Farmer Veel was her
brother. So, was my wife’s grand uncle at
that famous meeting?
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